For lecturers and students, the talks can provide a guest speaker in a class at college or university and be an addition to set reading. Sometimes, follow-up question and answer sessions via Skype can be arranged with the speakers.

Voluntary groups can use the talks to provide guest speakers to kick off a discussion. Or you can use them like a book group – listen to or watch one or more of them and come together to discuss your responses.

If you are just plain interested – watch, learn, reflect and connect.

Every talk has its own page where the speakers provide ideas for further reading or websites you might like to check out.

“I am very keen on what you are doing,” says Bill Davies CBE, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology at the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK. “Your cast of contributors is impressive and the views that they record will be authoritative and useful for our teaching here. We have set “The Food System – An overview” as required viewing for our MOOC on Global Food Security and also for our Masters class.* Thus far the material has been well received by the students on both courses. We look forward to seeing more!”

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About geofftansey

I curate the Food Systems Academy, a free, on-line, open education resource to transform our food systems. I am also a member of the Food Ethics Council and chaired the Fabian Commission on Food and Poverty, which reported in 2015.